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Abd al-Rahman ibn Ubayd al-Tamimi

عبد الرحمن بن عبيد التميمي

A man whom al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf chose as chief of police in Iraq and the East. The book notes that he stipulated that al-Hajjaj should take care of his dependants and household. The book reports, citing al-Sha'bi, accounts of his severity in keeping order, including cutting off the hand of anyone who drew a weapon against people, and that al-Hajjaj placed the police of Basra under him together with the police of Kufa 12.

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The Umayyad Period
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf chose him as chief of police in Iraq and the East, and the book notes that he stipulated that al-Hajjaj should provide for his dependants and household. 1

In the police

The book relates from al-Sha'bi reports of his severity in keeping order, among them the cutting off of the hand of a man who drew a weapon on people. 1

Al-Hajjaj added the police of Basra to the police of Kufa. 2

The data do not give the dates of his birth or death; a second source is needed.

Sources

  1. Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p. 133
  2. Muhammad Qabbani, The Umayyad State from Birth to Fall (Damascus: Dar Wahy al-Qalam, 2006) , p. 134
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